

Tuesday, February 9 2010
By marion on Tuesday, February 9 2010, 10:56 - Australia


By amandine on Tuesday, February 9 2010, 10:26 - Australia
Hey hey hey !
Tout va bien, en plus il commence à faire chaud et beau donc c'est très
agréable. Malencontreusement, il se trouve que parfois il est difficile de
faire face à ce soleil de plomb :-) On fait pas mal
d'excursions et de visites. Nous nous cultivons
de façon extrême pour ne pas
dire excessive pour se familiariser à cette culture. Avec nos classes,
nous avons pu jouir d'une excursion organisée dans un zoo où l'on a pu
prendre des photos avec les animaux locaux tout ceci dans un cadre anglophone
nous avons envie de dire Of course.
Sinon, Amandine et moi avons fait un weekend à Sydney. C'était super, on a
visité une partie de la ville ainsi que l'opéra que nous appelerons House (free
event to
discover the inside). Pour la soirée du samedi soir, on dormait dans
une auberge de jeunesse qui avait organisé un apéro-barbecue sur le toit de
l'auberge. C'était super beau et sympa, on avait vu sur la ville de Sydney de
nuit et c'était maginifique. Nous avons même pu rencontré des irlandais de
Limerick. Nous avons donc pu speaker avec un vrai accent anglophone. Cela nous
a fait du bien. On a même eu droit à un feux d'artifice au-dessus de l'opéra et
vu du toit c'était top. On a fait ce weekend avec nos acolytes de l'IFAG Lyon.
Avec Amandine, on a aussi fait une randonnée sur la côte et c'était maginfique.
Nous avons d'ailleurs appris durant cette marche que les mouches avaient une
grande qualité : la tenacité ! On est arrivé sur un petit lagon caché
absolument paradisiaque. C'était encore une fois top. Sinon, on a eu vie
sociale très active et on rencontre beaucoup d'étrangers notamment ceux de nos
classes. On découvre les différences de culture de chacun et c'est vraiment
intéressant. Avec les australiens, c'est un peu plus difficile mais on commence
à les comprendre et les français ont plutôt bonne réputation du coup cela nous
aide.
Au niveau de l'anglais, on commence à sentir les premiers progrès. Bien
évidemment, pour nous ce n'est pas assez rapide, nous aimerions forcément déjà
parler l'anglais comme le français. Tous les 4 on est vraiment motivés à
progresser et je pense que nous sommes sur la bonne voie
A bientôt pour d'autres news ...
Caroline, Amandine et les JPs
Thursday, December 17 2009
By melanie on Thursday, December 17 2009, 10:15 - Malta
Good morning,
We are writing to tell you how life in Malta is.
In the morning, we have English lesson at
University (from Monday to Friday).
Our lesson begin at 9.00 am until 12.30. In the afternoon, there are a lot of
activities at University.
We started on the 5th of October
2009, and we will finish our lesson at University on the 18th of
December.
Then, on the 1st of February
we’ll begin our work placement in a company.
Aurelia could like to do her work placement
in the Marketing’s sector, and Melanie in the Management of an International
chain.
Our work placement will finish on the 7th
of May 2010.
Every Saturday afternoon, we’ve business
lesson with a private teacher.
Our teacher comes in our residence for this
lesson from 01.00 pm until 04.00 pm.
We have to build a business plan/project
(similar to “Cas Crea”) with her. By the end of January this has to be ready.
Aurelia’s about a European Hotel Restaurant
with sustainable materials, and Melanie is working on a hypermarket with
automatic cashdesk and scan because in Malta there aren’t any.
We’re staying in”Garden View” in Swieqi.
It’s a very nice residence. We’ve made a lot of friends from different
countries.
In this residence, there is a pool, a gym,
a restaurant, a launderette and we have a self catering flat. We have a bedroom
each, a bathroom and a kitchen in our flat.
We aren’t very far from the University, we
spend approximately thirty minutes by bus to University.
The weather in Malta is good. Last
September and October, it was around 25°C,
and in November and December, it’s 15 - 20°C.
Until now, we haven’t seen a lot of rains.
We’re going back to France on the 19th of December for Christmas and we’ll come back to Malta in the middle of January.
We hope to have answered all your questions.
Best regards,
Melanie and Aurelia.
Wednesday, December 16 2009
By romain.a on Wednesday, December 16 2009, 14:12 - England
Quartier Chinois de Manchester, avec des restos pas cher et super!!

The Library of Manchester

Un très
bon bar!
Tuesday, December 15 2009
By romain.a on Tuesday, December 15 2009, 21:17 - England
Hi Everyone,
As you know, Manchester is a famous place for football supporters!!If any of you wish informations, pop me an email or visit the website of the University :
www.mmu.ac.uk
romain.arsac@hotmail.com
Take care guys, see you soon!
Rom
Tuesday, December 8 2009
By gregoire on Tuesday, December 8 2009, 18:26 - England
Hello all,
I think I'm the first to write on this blog so I tried to be clear...
I
studied my first two years in Paris IFAG. My first choice was go to New
York for my Gap Year but it wasn't possible for me. So I have chosen
Cambridge to improve my English for the TOEIC but also to know another
culture.
I have chosen the TWIST program and I am finishing my first semester.
I think Cambridge is a very good place to improve English but also to
meet many different nationalities. It's a good thing in the first day
because when you speak with another foreign, it's easier to understand
and to be understood. Because it's very hard to understand Englishguys when you arrive; they speak very quickly and with their accent.
I think there are only two problems with the university of Cambridge:
there are many French and we have few hours of lessons per week. With
my modules I gets only 8 hours on three days.
The student life is very nice, there is a big party each week on the
campus, there is a big library, many social activity and sport activity
and a new gym room on the campus.
I'm very happy of this experience.
Just an advice when you are interesting to do a Gap Year; to take
contact with Simon Mitchell of course but also contacted students who
are there because we are living your future experience maybe.
grégoire
Thursday, October 29 2009
By Christine on Thursday, October 29 2009, 15:55 - Malta
Discover the website of University of Malta !
Wednesday, October 28 2009
By Christine on Wednesday, October 28 2009, 10:49 - General
We are delighted to launch our first IFAG International Blog, especially designed for our Gap Year students in the United Kingdom and Australia. Please keep us up to date with progress and developments over the coming months including events, anecdotes, everyday life and of course, with plenty of photos.
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